Category: Gigi

We had a wonderful holiday, complete with two full weeks off for all of us. This is a big change from the way things used to be. Usually, I’ve gone back to work right after the first of the year, but now my holiday matches the kids. When the school year began I accepted a…

Hi Kids! It’s mom here. I’m writing to you at the tail end of our Disney 2018 adventure. We haven’t been here since January of 2017. We were supposed to come in January of 2018, but your sister’s impending arrival put a little crimp in those plans, so here we are, ten months later. Isabel…

Each year, the Great Pumpkin rises out of the pumpkin patch that he thinks is the most sincere. He’s gotta pick this one. He’s got to. Say, Charlie Brown, I’ve got a football… I got a popcorn ball. I got a fudge bar. I got a pack of gum. I got a rock. By the way,…

Tomorrow we’ll start week 3 of school. Last week was our first full week. They are ALL back at school now. It was my first day of school too. In May I applied for a job I never thought I would be accepted for in our local school district. I am a School Nurse…

Today was the day! The kids finally got to see the African-American Museum of History and Culture! We rode the Metro to get there. Those four were quite excited. Then we walked through one very famous mall to get to the museum. The museum was amazing. But the absolute best part is, none of it…

We’re vacationing in DC. We came to see the National Museum of African American History and Culture, because when Ally came to DC two summers ago, she missed the opening by 8 short weeks. We promised her we would go back, and here we are. We’ll head there tomorrow, but today was all about one…

May I present to you the 2018 graduates of The Full Plate household… Gigi has now completed Kindergarten at her local center-based program Deaf program. 5th grade graduate from our neighborhood elementary school, Juliana… Rounding out the crew, and SO very glad to be kissing middle school goodbye, Brady… That is the only pic…

Happy National ASL Day! To learn a little more about why exactly today was chosen to be National ASL Day, check out this site. Be sure to watch the video on the first page. It isn’t subtitled, but the transcript is below. The signing is wonderful, and I didn’t know the explanation for why today…

Today, to take our minds off the fact that we only have one day left before we bid Joe and Isabel farewell, we decided to head to the science museum. It was one rainy afternoon in Bogotá and the kids were super excited to visit Maloka. Then we went and ate familiar food. Cam never…

We’re now 48 hours from leaving Joe and Isabel behind to finish the adoption process. On Friday, at the absolute crack of dawn, 12 of us will head to the airport and the other two will head a few hours down the road to La Mesa. La Mesa is a smaller town about three hours…